XDCAM for Windows Adobe Premiere

[Ian Cook]

If you have CS5 you don’t need to use XDCAM Transfer. You import via the PPro Media Browser. Set the File Type dropdown to XDCAM EX or XDCAM HD and you should be able to drag your clips right in. The Apple codec support does not always port over to other applications, unfortunately. Those rewrapped MOVs would require FCP or the appropriate Calibrated plugin.

[Ian Cook]

Also– if you are using EX and have an older version of PPro that doesn’t have native support you can use Clip Browser to re-wrap the files. Use the Export–>’MXF for NLE’ option, then import the .mxfs into PPro.

[Mpigott]

No, I have CS4 on the Windows platform.

I tried the Calibrated Demo, but it is severely watermarked.
I guess I will go back to exporting to ProRes, something
a PC with the new QT can read.

I feel Adobe was less than forthcoming with XDCAM support,
when in reality it is not out of the box.

[Ian Cook]

It’s watermarked because it’s a trial version.

I thought CS4 had native support via the media browser…If not, re-wrapping to MXF in CB would be a lot faster than converting to ProRes, which requires an actual transcode.

[Mpigott]

“It’s watermarked because it’s a trial version.”

Even 3ds Max gives you a 30 day fully functioning demo, and this
is a $3500 program.

They go to great ends to protect a $130 program.

Never was able to get cS4 to load anything XDCAM-ish through the
browser, again it doesn’t work as advertised.

Anytime I need to go Mac to PC, I will henceforth convert to ProRes,
as this is a rock solid codec, and it actually does work!

I’m not too happy about this, but the reason I bought the CS4 suite
was for the so-called out of the box XDCAM support, which doesn’t
exist.

Thanks for your help.
Over and out

[Ian Cook]

Free-standing MXFs created in Clip Browser can be file-imported or dragged in from Finder/Windows Explorer. If this isn’t working there’s a bigger problem as this was a supported workflow as far back as Ppro CS3. Good luck.

[Brent Dunn]

You need to copy your BPAV over to your PC, not the transferred footage that is probably ProRes on the Mac, which is not compatible with Premier on the PC.

Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.net

Sony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut Studio

HP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite

[Mpigott]

You need to copy your BPAV over to your PC, not the transferred footage that is probably ProRes on the Mac, which is not compatible with Premier on the PC.

Brent Dunn
Owner / Director / Editor
DunnRight Films
DunnRight Video.com
Video Marketing Toolbox.net

Sony EX-1,
Canon 5D Mark II
Canon 7D
Mac Pro Tower, Quad Core,
with Final Cut Studio

HP i7 Quad laptop
Adobe CS-5 Production Suite

I will try that!
Bye the way, ProRes is 100% compatible on the PC, as long as you
have the most recent QT player. I transfer ProRes to Adobe Encore, Premiere, and After Effects all the time.

Thanks for the help

p.s the camera we use is the Cinealta F350

[Shawn Miller]

I can confirm that CS4 does import XDCAM footage natively. I think Mark Pigott is right, you probably just need to import the video directly from the BPAV folder.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Shawn Miller]

“I think Mark Pigott is right..”

Oops, meant to give credit to Brent Dunn. 🙂